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Founding of San Andrés de Arroyo

Santibáñez de Ecla, La Ojeda, Palencia

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Founding of San Andrés de Arroyo

Historical milestone · Santibáñez de Ecla, La Ojeda, Palencia

Countess Mencía López de Haro, daughter of the Lord of Biscay, founded the monastery in 1181 and brought it into the Cistercian order; its abbess came to exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction over the surrounding villages.

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